Dallas divorce case for same-sex couple a first for Texas

January 23, 2009

Dallas Morning NewsJanuary 23, 3009A Dallas man has filed for divorce from his husband and longtime partner. The men married in Cambridge, Mass., in 2006 and later returned to Dallas. But on Wednesday one of the pair, citing "discord or conflict of personalities," asked a state district court in Dallas to void the union in what is believed to be the first such action in Texas. (Link)

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